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Chelsea Harvey covers climate science. She tracks the big questions being asked by researchers and explains what's known, and what needs to be, about global temperatures. Chelsea began writing about climate science in 2014. Her work has appeared in the Washington Post, Popular Science, Men's Journal and others.
The threat of sea-level rise remains one of the greatest global concerns about climate change, and scientists are still improving their predictions of how much — and how quickly — the world's oceans may rise. To help answer those questions about the future, some researchers are looking into the past.
Climate change can influence the rise and fall of human societies and may have sparked famine and fights in ancient Egypt, according to new research.
A key argument used by climate skeptics to downplay the consequences of anthropogenic climate change is resurfacing: the idea that carbon dioxide emissions are a net positive for the planet's vegetation.
As deadly wildfires rage across California's wine country, leaving at least 29 dead and a trail of destruction in their wake, the influence of climate change is again being questioned.
Long-dead birds gathering dust in museums are helping scientists to better understand climate change.